London: Nathan Rothschild, the founder of the London branch of the bank, was a spectator on the battlefield that day in June 1815 and, as night fell, he observed the total defeat of the French army, according to The Independent. This was what he was waiting for. Here is the story that "Satan" told. A relay of fast horses rushed him to the Belgian coast, but there he found to his fury that a storm had confined all ships to port. Reaching London 24 hours before official word of Wellington victory, Rothschild exploited his knowledge to make a killing on the Stock Exchange. "In a single coup," announced the pamphlet, "he gained 20 million francs." Beyond all doubt this tale was anti-Semitic in intent. Undaunted – "Does greed admit anything is impossible " asked Satan – he paid a king ransom to a fisherman to ferry him through wind and waves to England.
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